Savings bank



June 9, 1925. 1,540,918

L.. V. ARONSON SAVINGS BANK Filed Nov. 20, 1924' om [64M/1.5011

Patented June 9, 1925.,

LOUIS V. ABONSON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SAVINGS BANK;`

Application filed November 2,0, 1924.` Serial No. 751,156.`

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis V. AnoNsoN, citizen ot' the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State ot' New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSavings Banks, ot which the i'ollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to savings banks of the toy variety and has as its object the provision of a. bank which is adapted to produce a sound when a` coin is inserted.

A. further object of the invention is the provision of a toy bank which shall produce a sound simulating the word Mama when the coin is inserted.

t further object of the invention is the provision of a toy bank which shall have a coin passage of such a character as to make the removal of coins therethrough impossible.

A further object of the invention is to improve the construction of toy banks.

Further objects of the invention will appear from the following description, when read in connect-ion with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view;

Fig. 2 is a plan view partly broken away, with the upper portion of the outer casing removed; and

Fig. 3 is a central vertical section partly in elevation.

As shown, the device comprises a base 10, containing a coin chamber 11. To permit the removal of coins from the chamber a door 12 is shown in the lower portion of the coin chamber, which is provided with a' combination lock 13. Carried by the upper wall ot the chamber l1 there is shown a frame 14, comprising three upstanding sides. Between two of the sides a voicing apparatus, designated generallyby 15, is pivcted upon pivots 16-17- The voicing apparatus, as shown diagrammatically, comprises two relatively separa- .ble port-ions 18--19, which are connected by a bellows, not shown.

A sounding device in the form ot a reed is housed in a portion 20, and the sound from the reed is adapted to be articulated by a sliding bar 21 rigidly secured to the portion 19.

The details of the voicing apparatus being well known, are not illustrated in the drawings. Y

To introduce coins to the chamber 11,

is long and narrow and ot' suiiicient width to admit a coin of the largest size, Due to the shapel and length of the chute, a coin can only be shaken thereinto from below, it' turned to an edgewise position, and in .such position itis substantally' impossible to manipulate the coin to remove ythe same from the bank.: Moreover, it is almost-impossible to shake a coin into the-lower opening of the chute in an edgewise position.

To close the opening from the chute, there is shown a. flap 23 mounted upon an axis 24, between ears 25-26, preferably formed by extensions of the sides 27g-28 of the chute 22. y

To hold the flap in its closed position, a spring 29 is shown anchored upon an eX- tension 30 of one of the hinging flanges ot the flap V23, and anchored at its other en'd upon a hook shaped projection 31 formed upon one side of the frame 14.

Toopcrate the voicing apparatus, the flap is shown as formed with a rearwardly projecting arm 32,' to which the end of the bar 21 is shown as pivoted at 33. It will be seen that when a coin is inserted into the chute, thereby depressing the flap 23, the portion 19 of the voicing apparatus will be lifted and the spring 29 will be stretched. After passage of the coin, the spring 29 will restore the parts to their normal position with the sounding of the voicing apparatus.

To provide a pleasing appearance to the upper portion of the toy, housing the. voicing apparatus and chute, an outer casing 34 is shown which is desirably made ornamental by having its walls flute'd.

To provide for the ready escape of sound, and to enhance the appearance, a plurality of pertorations 35 are desirably formed in the upperwall of the casing. Y

To permit of access to the chute, an opening is provided at 36, through which the top kplate 37 of the chute is exposed. The outer casing 34 is shown as provided with a downwardly and inwardly turned' flange 38, which telescopes with the base 10 and may be crimped thereto or otherwise secured.

To provide orvthe action of the bar 2l, there is shown a recessed portion 39 in the top wall of the chamber 11.

Minor changes may be made in the physithere is shown a chute 22 which, as shown,

cal embodiment lof the invention Without departing from the spirit thereof.

I claim:

l. A toy bank comprising, in combination, a base containing a coin chamber, a frame carried by the upper Wall of said chamber, a sounding device mounted upon said Trame, a chute projecting upwardly from said chamber, a closure for the receiving end of said chute, and means carried by the closure to 4cauise operation of the sounding device .upon insertion of a coin.

2. A toy bank comprising, in combination, abase containing a coin chamber, a frame carried by the upper Wall Vot said chamber,

a voicing apparatus plvoted in said frame, a cliuteprojecting upwardly from said chamber, a closure for the receiving end ot said chute, and meanscarried by Ythe closure to cau-se operation of the voicing device upon insertion of a coin.

3. A toy bank comprising, in combination, a base containing a com chamber, va voicing apparatus mounted above said chamber, a

coin chute adjacent said voicing apparatus and opening to said chamber, means to actuate said voicing apparatus upon the introduction of a coin into said chute, and an outer casing enclosing said apparatus and chute.

et. A toy bank comprising, in combination, a base containing` a coin chamber, a voicing apparatus mounted above said chamber, a

`coin chute .adjacent .said voicing apparatus and .opening to said chamber, means to actuate said `voicing apparatus upon the introduction of .a coin into said chute, and an outer casing Venclosing said apparatus and chute, said casing perforated for ready emissionV of, Sound.

LOUIS V. ARON'SON 

